Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
Fair · RPG · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 12.9h
- Value
- $1.16/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 289 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials is a snarky action-adventure puzzle game with a good dose of humor. Explore hundreds of secret-filled rooms, fight big bosses, gather companions for your party and use the powers of Pip—your bat buddy—to solve puzzles and escape the eldritch abyss!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, GeForce 9800GTX+ (1GB), 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
44 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 16 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 77 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 75 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Phoenotopia: Awakening ($19.99, scores 64) beats it on value, while it beats AWAKEN - Astral Blade ($19.99, scores 50).
More about Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials
This site sampled 210 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written October 2020 to July 2026.
At 12.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
83% start to 1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 18, 19:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Its not a bad game but it sure can be frustrating at times. even more so by the lack of knowledge about this game. Its not so much of an exploration Metroidvania its more like Spelunky or La Mulana. there are upgrades to collect but most of the exploration revolves around solving puzzles and good jumps. The best guide out there its a full map. I played this game a few years ago and to my knowledge There still isn't...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
great game, had lots of fun with it and gamplay is smooth. plays like a metroidvania with a lot of puzzles. Listening too the lore is not necessary for this game, but gives it a lot more depth. (I mean.. you're barbarian after all.. no need to listen, just smash!) ;) only thing that annoyed me, was that you can't attack in any other direction but in front of you.. but i love that you have to combine your throwables...
expected a metroidvania. got a full on puzzler. that is on me but maybe this is the game for you. jumping doesn't feel too good, very responsive to get airborne but a sharp cutoff midair. cojote time on platforms feels way too low, can't rebind keys to d pad control without sacrificing item selection through the stick. stat one armed bandit on level up does not feel good. puzzles felt good up to where i played...
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Cite this score
Batbarian: Testament of the Primordials scores 52/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/837460/batbarian-testament-of-the-primordialsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.